Alcohol consumption and NHMRC guidelines: Has the message got out, are people conforming and are they aware that alcohol causes cancer?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-72

  Bowden, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Delfabbro, Paul ^b   Room, Robin ^c,d   Miller, Caroline L ^b,e   Wilson, Carlene ^a,f  

^a CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; cancer risk; income; NHMRC guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893573489     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12159     Document Type: Article

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